How to post a job to
multiple job boards.
You want your advert in front of as many good candidates as possible, without paying for and logging into every job board one by one. Here's how multi-board job advertising works in the UK.
The quickest way to post a job to multiple UK job boards is a multi-board posting service (sometimes called a multi-poster or job distribution): you write one advert, and it's sent to many boards at once from a single account, for a single price. The alternative is posting to each board manually: separate accounts, separate spend, separate logins, and applications scattered across inboxes.
This guide covers the two approaches, which UK job boards are worth being on, what multi-board advertising costs, and how to keep the applications in one place.
Post to each board yourself,
or post once.
Manual, board by board. You create an account on each site, write and format the advert for each one, pay each board separately, and then monitor several inboxes for replies. It works, but it's slow, the costs stack up, and it's easy to miss good candidates.
Multi-board distribution. You write the advert once and a single service pushes it to many boards at the same time, under your own brand, with every application flowing back to one place. You get the reach of being everywhere without the admin of being everywhere.
The UK job boards
worth being on.
- Indeed The UK's highest-traffic job site. Multi-board posting reaches Indeed organically, subject to Indeed's policies at the time; additional sponsorship is available for more visibility.
- LinkedIn Strong for professional and managerial roles; paid job slots plus your own network reach.
- Totaljobs & CV Library Two of the largest UK generalist boards, with big CV databases behind them.
- Reed A long-established generalist board with wide sector coverage.
- Google for Jobs Not a board you buy. It surfaces jobs directly in Google search when your advert is marked up correctly.
- Find a Job (DWP) & free aggregators Free government and aggregator listings that add reach at no cost.
Why multi-board is
usually cheaper.
Bought individually, premium single-board slots often run into the low hundreds of pounds each, and you pay for and manage every board separately. Advertise across four or five boards that way and the cost climbs fast.
A multi-board credit bundles the lot into one price. Workvine DIY, for example, is £399 for one advert across 10+ UK job boards, with no contract or subscription. You buy a credit when you need it. That's the reach of an agency-style campaign at the cost of a single premium slot.
Getting the advert out is
half the job.
Post to several boards separately and the replies land in several places. Good candidates get missed, and the ones you do reply to wait too long. The fix is an applicant tracking system (ATS) that collects every application in one place and replies to everyone automatically.
With Workvine DIY, every application lands in Talentvine, our ATS, sorted and trackable, and every applicant gets an automatic response. No clogged inbox, no spreadsheet.
One advert. 10+ boards.
£399.
Multi-board advertising,
answered.
Yes. A multi-board posting service (sometimes called a multi-poster or job distribution) lets you write one advert and send it to many job boards at once from a single account, rather than logging into each board separately. Workvine DIY does this across 10+ UK job boards from one £399 credit.
Buying boards individually means separate fees and logins that add up quickly, and premium single-board slots often run into the low hundreds of pounds each. A multi-board credit bundles them into one price: Workvine DIY is £399 for one advert across 10+ boards, with no contract.
There is no single best board; reach depends on the role. Indeed and Google for Jobs give broad volume, LinkedIn suits professional roles, and Totaljobs, CV Library and Reed add large generalist audiences. Posting to several at once is usually more effective than betting on one.
If you post to each board separately, replies scatter across inboxes. A multi-board service that includes an applicant tracking system (ATS) collects every application in one place. With Workvine DIY, applications land in Talentvine and every applicant gets an automatic response.
Ready to reach
every board?
Buy a single credit and we'll get your branded advert live across the UK's major job boards, with every applicant in one place. No contract.